Why There’s a Sassy Wombat on Your Phone
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- June 18, 2013
We’ve all heard the saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” but new communication tools called “stickers” are taking text messaging to the next level by allowing users to send cute images rather than words. Start-up companies nationwide are noticing this trend and are designing more and more stickers to allow users to send
READ MOREA Smart Answer to the Season of ‘I’m Bored’
- Home & Family
- June 14, 2013
Summer vacation has arrived and many parents are trying to fill their kid’s schedule to prevent summer boredom. When kids say “I’m bored,” they aren’t necessarily being lazy; they may just be struggling to engage and focus. “One thing you don’t want to do is mask the state of boredom with excessive stimulation,” Dr. John
READ MOREPaving the road to kindness
- Making a Positive Difference
- June 14, 2013
Bob Votruba has traveled more than 60,000 miles across the country to accomplish one simple goal: “One million acts of kindness.” Vortuba wanted to champion kindness after the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, so he sold his possessions and began traveling across the country in his live-in school bus to spread his mission. He believes
READ MOREThere’s proof: Sunscreen reduces skin aging
- Environmental Well-Being
- June 10, 2013
We know that using sunscreen regularly protects you from cancer, but a new study has proven that it also has anti-aging properties that help to fight wrinkles. “We now have the scientific evidence to back the long-held assumption about the cosmetic value of sunscreen,” says Dr. Adele Green, lead author of the study. When choosing
READ MORESleepaway camp gives kids a tech break, and might even save your marriage
- Home & Family
- June 10, 2013
Our children have gotten used to a world with constant communication, access to social media and packed schedules, but sometimes they need a chance to power down and just be kids. Places like Camp Matataponi in Maine help kids to get a much needed break from electronics, collecting phones from campers upon arrival to allow
READ MOREThe Best Birthday Present of All
- Making a Positive Difference
- June 10, 2013
Lisa Vasiloff knows that many of us take the idea of having a birthday party for granted, so she created a charity called “Birthday Wishes” to give homeless children the chance to experience the joy of celebrating their birthdays. She throws parties in 186 shelters nationwide and is supported by individual donations from children and
READ MOREOlder New Yorkers in transition are snapping up unpaid internships
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- June 10, 2013
Although the movie “The Internship” is a comedy, it has brought to light the real-life issue of older workers accepting unpaid internships in order to re-start their careers. Like the characters in the movie, many 40- and 50- year olds are competing with younger professionals to get back into the job market, whether it be
READ MOREIn the Pursuit of Longevity
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- June 7, 2013
The desire to look and feel younger is a goal shared by many, including author Lauren Kessler, who explores the journey to restore youth in her new book, “Counterclockwise.”
READ MOREOral sex and throat cancer: Michael Douglas HPV report spotlights “epidemic”
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- June 7, 2013
Actor Michael Douglas has announced that his throat cancer was caused by the sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus (HPV), raising awareness that the disease can be transmitted through oral sex and can lead to throat cancer.
READ MOREMiserable & Magical: A Graduation Speech for Paradoxical Times
- Making a Positive Difference
- June 5, 2013
Chosen by the student body of an elite private school in Silicon Valley to give the graduation address this year, Nipun Mehta discusses the sense of disconnect and isolation that has come from our hyper-connected world. Over a decade ago, Mehta walked away from a lucrative, high-tech career to form a nonprofit organization called ServiceSpace that built
READ MOREMeet Patrick Martins, Saving Endangered Livestock One Burger at a Time
- Environmental Well-Being
- June 5, 2013
As the food industry continues to trend towards crossbreeding and hybridization (pushing many breeds of livestock towards endangerment), Patrick Martins' Heritage Foods USA encourages producers to raise disappearing breeds. GOOD, 5/29/2013
READ MORE‘Workplace Wellness’ fails bottom line, waistlines
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- June 4, 2013
Rand Corp's report on workplace well-being– a 6 billion dollar industry– casts a doubt on the effectiveness of employee wellness programs. Keith Lemer, president of Wellnet, says it takes "senior level support and a high degree of employee engagement in healthy behaviors" for wellness programs to truly work. Although the report found that
READ MOREViolinist’s after-school program brings hope to kids, community
- Making a Positive Difference
- May 31, 2013
In Venezuela, David France studied El Sistema, a community music education program that brings instruments and instruction to underprivileged kids. Now, David uses the money he makes playing the violin to fund Revolution of Hope, an after-school orchestra he started in the disenfranchised inner-city community of Roxbury, MA. Jose Duarte, principal of Dearborn Middle School,
READ MOREA Better Way to Treat Anxiety: For Teens, Therapy Turns Parents Into ‘Exposure Coaches,’ Not Protectors
- Home & Family
- May 31, 2013
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic and other institutions are finding that exposure therapy (which slowly exposes patients to the things they are anxious about) can be highly effective in helping children overcome anxiety. Teenager Georgiann Steely overcame her anxiety this way by taking part in a Mayo Clinic exposure therapy program where her parents acted
READ MOREJust Look Me in the Eye Already: The Workplace Perils of Staring at Our Phones and Elsewhere
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 31, 2013
The decline of eye contact- in both work and social settings- is a growing problem, and it's having a negative effect on our ability to influence, impress, and connect with others. The Wall Street Journal, 5/28/2013
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